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Hoop Dreams Film Analysis

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The first event I attended was the film on October 14 that was put on by the SDSU men’s basketball team, Hoop Dreams. Before the movie started we got to hear stories from two of the seniors on this year’s SDSU’s men’s basketball team. One of the things I learned while attending the event was how basketball changed the lives of those two seniors. The senior players that spoke where from Flint, MI and Chicago, IL. Both talked about how basketball changed their lives for the better. They both grew up in the inner city were school wasn’t very important. It was very eye opening to see how much sports can change the mind set of young individuals. If you want to be play at the next level you do need to succeed in school as well as in basketball.

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